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Ethnic

/ˈɛθ.nɪk/

An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.

📖 Definitions of "Ethnic"

noun
  1. 1

    An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.

  2. 2

    An ethnic minority.

  3. 3

    A heathen, a pagan.

  4. 4

    (in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.

    "There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands"

  2. 2

    Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.

    "I like to eat ethnic food"

  3. 3

    Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.

  4. 4

    Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

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